Dear IO Community,

We would like to invite you to participate in the Call for Paper for next year's I-O Workshop. The workshop will be held from March 9-11, 2022.

The format is still uncertain at this stage. We favor a face-to-face event in Osnabrück, possibly supplemented by a hybrid format. However, a purely online event cannot be ruled out entirely at the moment. We ask for your understanding that we cannot commit ourselves here yet. 

Attached to the email is the Call for Paper in English and German. All further information can be found there.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards.

Anke Mönnig

On behalf of the entire organization team

The Second Call for Papers for the ANZRSAI 2021 conference has been published on the ANZRSAI website.

The conference will be a hybrid conference, Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th December 2021.

Registered participants can join us in person at the City Campus of RMIT in Swanston Street, Melbourne, or can join us on-line through Microsoft Teams.

The Second Call for Papers can be downloaded here. The deadline for submissions is 31 October 2021.

Dr. Manfred M. Fischer received the Bronze Medal of Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) for his contribution to establish the Regional Economics Ph.D. program and his contribution to the development of the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University.

The ceremonial act of presenting the medal in front of the faculty academic community and members of the Scientific Board took place on 2021-10-11 as part of the celebration of the 30^th anniversary of the Faculty.

Congratulations to Dr. Manfred M. Fischer on the outstanding achievement!

ISSUE INFORMATION

Free Access

Issue Information

Pages: 1111-1112 | First Published: 09 October 2021

FULL ARTICLES

Social capital, social economy and economic resilience of Italian provinces

Giuseppe Terzo

Pages: 1113-1135 | First Published: 20 May 2021

Unpacking the U‐shaped relationship between related variety and firm sales: Evidence from Japan

Ren Lu, Qing Song, Ting Xia, Daguo Lv, Torger Reve, Ze Jian

Pages: 1136-1157 | First Published: 22 April 2021

Quantifying fiscal multipliers in Italy: A Panel SVAR analysis using regional data

Matteo Deleidi, Davide Romaniello, Francesca Tosi

Pages: 1158-1177 | First Published: 07 June 2021

Welfare benefits in highly decentralized fiscal systems: Evidence on interregional mimicking

Luis Ayala, Ana Herrero, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

Pages: 1178-1208 | First Published: 15 April 2021

Open Access

Modeling the spread of COVID‐19 in New York City

Jose Olmo, Marcos Sanso-Navarro

Pages: 1209-1229 | First Published: 11 May 2021

Open Access

Measuring the impact of ride‐hailing firms on urban congestion: The case of Uber in Europe

Xavier Fageda

Pages: 1230-1253 | First Published: 19 April 2021

Can the internet reshape the national city size distribution? Cross‐country evidence

Yu Wang, Bindong Sun, Sixu Wu, Wan Li, Tinglin Zhang

Pages: 1254-1272 | First Published: 03 June 2021

Real options, housing price risk, and urban sprawl: A case study of the Toronto census metropolitan area using remotely sensed data, 1986–2016

Xiaoxuan Sun, Diana Mok, Jinfei Wang

Pages: 1273-1294 | First Published: 08 June 2021

Open Access

Growth and inequality in the Mexican states: Regimes, thresholds, and traps

Juan Gabriel Brida, W. Adrian Risso, Edgar J. Sánchez Carrera, Verónica Segarra

Pages: 1295-1322 | First Published: 12 May 2021

RESEARCH NOTES & COMMENTS

Open Access

Standard modularity is unsuitable for functional regionalization of spatial interaction data

Lucas Martínez-Bernabéu, José Manuel Casado-Díaz

Pages: 1323-1330 | First Published: 14 May 2021

BOOK REVIEW

Urban empires: Cities as global rulers in the new urban worldEdited by Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, Routledge, 2020. 444 pages. ISBN 9781138601710

Michelle J. White

Pages: 1331-1333 | First Published: 07 June 2021

Dear Colleagues,

I hope this message finds you well.

I would like to signal a research internship opportunity for graduate students at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities.

We are looking to recruit several interns to work on a range of ongoing projects that require good analytical, analysis and writing skills. We offer a dynamic and stimulating environment and hands-on experience in policy analysis and empirical research in an intergovernmental organisation.

The internship can be virtual or in-person (depending on the sanitary situation and other circumstances); in the latter case, interns can be onboarded in Paris or in Trento, Italy. The start date is negotiable – we prefer selected candidates to join us in early 2022 but other timing can be agreed upon on a case-by-case basis. The duration of the internship is 3 to 6 months (the latter is preferred) with a possibility of extension up to 12 months. The OECD does not pay a salary but offers a contribution to living expenses slightly over EUR700 for each month of work.

More details and how to apply are here.

The deadline is 17 October 2021.

Please forward to anybody you feel would be a good candidate or to your networks to spread the word.

Thank you lots for your help.

With kind regards,

Alexandra

Dear RSAI members,

I hope this email finds you well.

This is just to remind you all of the forthcoming deadline (Oct. 10, 2021) for submitting proposals for receiving RSAI support for Nurturing Talent initiatives. You may find additional details and a list of the material to be submitted at the web site https://www.regionalscience.org/index.php/programs/nurturing-new-talent.html

Thank you very much in advance for your attention,

Kind regards,

THE NEW ISSUE OF REGIONAL STATISTICS IS ALREADY AVAILABLE!

We are pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Regional Statistics has been released and now it’s avaiable online.

https://www.ksh.hu/terstat_eng_current_issue

REGIONAL STATISTICS, 2021, VOL 11, No 4.

STUDIES

Víctor Hugo Torres Preciado – Nelson Omar Muriel Torrero: Economic and crime cycles synchronization across states in México: A dynamic factor model approach

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110401.pdf

Dadang Ramdhan: Impact of provincial human capital  on TFP growth through the FDI channel:  The case of Indonesian manufacturing industries

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110402.pdf

Rudi Purwono – Mohammad Zeqi Yasin – Ibnu Nur Hamzah – Nur Arifin: Total factor productivity convergence of Indonesia’s provincial economies, 2011–2017

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110403.pdf

Han-Sol Lee – Sergey U. Chernikov – Szabolcs Nagy: Motivations and locational factors of FDI in CIS countries: Empirical evidence from South Korean FDI  in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110404.pdf

Emil Kucsera: The handling of the blockade against Qatar from  the perspective of Qatar Airways’ resilience

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110405.pdf

Judit Berkes: Highly qualified social strata in urban areas of Hungarian regional centres from 1980 to 2011

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110406.pdf

Ferenc Szilágyi – Tibor Elekes: Urban growth and language shift in county seats  in Transylvania between 1900 and 2011

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110407.pdf

Gábor Koloh: The number of Trianon refugees

https://www.ksh.hu/statszemle_archive/regstat/2021/2021_04/rs110408.pdf

Join us to our social networking sites:

https://www.facebook.com/RegionalStatistics

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Job Announcement

Chief Executive Officer

DAKOTA INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

The Dakota Institute for Business and Economic Analysis, an applied business and economic analytical non-profit, seeks a full-time CEO to aggressively grow the Institute into a dynamic, self-sustaining, respected, and trusted source of economic and business intelligence, insight and analytics serving decision-makers in South Dakota, the Northern Great Plains Region, and the regional markets and economic sectors thereof.

The CEO reports to the Board of Directors. Office location(s) will be in South Dakota and the CEO will maintain a strong physical office presence. The position is available immediately.

Working with the Board, the founding CEO will help create and then lead a business and economic intelligence and analytical enterprise that earns an exceptional reputation because of timely and useful modeling and data derived insight on current and forecast economic and business conditions in South Dakota and the Northern Great Plains Region.

The successful candidate will be of high intellectual ability, have a strong first degree and a graduate or professional degree in economics, business, finance, law, decision science or related field.   Experience and/or demonstrated accomplishments in economic/business analysis, modeling, insight, forecasting, data management, and team building are desired. The successful candidate will have a strong ethical value set, considerable personal confidence, and a collaborative style. Additionally, the successful candidate will be a decisive self-starter able to effectively operate in a role that relies on persuasive and earned authority rather than mandates.

Key competencies include entrepreneurial ability, communication and presentation skills, influencing skills, and organizational development/leadership skills. Quantitative economic/business modeling and data analytical abilities and an explicit understanding of econometric and economic impact software (i.e., R, Python, Stata, IMPLAN, REMI) are desired.

Compensation package will be competitive and may include performance-based incentives. Nominations are welcome.

Applications will be accepted, and screenings and interviews will be ongoing until the position is filled. For full consideration apply immediately.

To apply submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vita or resume, and the names and contact information for at least three but no more than five references to: Dakota Institute for Business and Economic Analysis, c/o Van Fishback, PO Box 5057, Brookings, SD 57006. For a prospectus on the Dakota Institute and for e-application see  https://dakotainstitute.org . 

Contact Van Fishback This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  (605) 696-2230 to discuss this opportunity or make nominations.